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THE BATTALION Page 5
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1976
wine flu shots to start
A&M creating use for PBO
fter months of delay, the
omvide program to immunize all
means against swine flu will fl-
be initiated. Yet, it may take
her month before quantities of
vaccine will be available, ac-
ing to Mary Scott, registered
at the Student Health Center,
cott, who attended a meeting of
flu vaccination clinic coor-
itors in Temple last Friday,
d that the purpose of the meet-
was to prepare vaccination
ics throughout the Temple dis-
addition to the several off-campus
mass clinics located throughout the
Brazos County.
It is not known whether the vac
cine will become available in li
mited amounts or will come in one
large shipment. All 90,000 inhabit
ants of Brazos County will receive
shots.
The vaccination program, which
thus far a preventive measure (no
confirmed cases have been discov
ered since the single Fort Dix fatal
ity last February), will involve two
different types of vaccines: the
monovalent, and the bivalent. The
former will be administered to the
general public, whereas the latter
will be given to those who are at
least sixty-five years of age, or have
chronic ailments.
More details on the upcoming
program will become available
within a week, as Brazos County
and campus health officials receive
more substantial information.
addition to the shortage of the
line, which will be available in
ted amounts after October 1,
ntists have been unable to de-
acelain 1 ' ne ^ le exact dosage required
titutioii peop ! e lincler the age ot twent >'-
We do know that those over
nty-five will need one shot each,
we are not yet sure how much
ighteen year old would need,”
said. The significance in find-
out would determine whether
will be an on-campus clinic, in
Continuing education
registration today
Registration is today and Thurs
day, Sept. 9 for more than a dozen
liberal arts courses offered this fall
by Texas A&M University on a con
tinuing education basis.
The 90-minute classes run on
ook’s artist, contributors
be honored at reception
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iroject «i
ocunmti
site« lest Texas artist Monde 1 Rogers,
ise paintings are featured in a
A&M University Press book
llished this month, and Mr. and
I Joe Moore, whose gift made
■ publication possible, will be
lored at a reception Thursday in
leRudder Center Exhibit Hall.
fromsM |°g ers book, Old Ranches of the
but riel b Plains, is the first in the Joe
of politit P e Ky Moore Texas Art Series.
} f tec y . and Mrs. Moore provided a
" gift to the Texas A&M Uni-
mu sity Press to begin the series of
books interpreting the various
ally sou
operatioi
Brajj ions of Texas. Moore is a 1938
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graduate of Texas A&M and was
president of its alumni association in
1974.
The reception will be from 4 to 6
p.m. and include autographing op
portunities, said Frank Wardlaw,
director of the Texas A&M Univer
sity Press, host for the reception.
Wardlaw said the reception will
be in the Rudder Center area cur
rently utilized for an exhibition of
paintings from Rogers book. The
public exhibition opened Aug. 23
and continues for two more weeks.
The 124-page book by the 1971
Texas Tech graduate features 80
paintings, including 57 in full color.
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
evenings from mid-September
through mid-November.
Under continuing education
guidelines, participants do not need
to be formally admitted to Texas
A&M to enroll for the courses. The
only requirements are a> $30 fee and
a desire for knowledge.
Interested parties may sign up on
the second floor of Rudder Tower
today and Thursday.
Topics offered include creative
writing, adolescent social problems,
Europe and Europeans, Texas ar
cheology, Republic of Texas history,
creative communication. Re
volutionary Europe, philosophy of
man and time, Texas’ legislative
process, alcohol abuse, human be
havior and human aging and the
American novel.
While finished work in these
courses does not count towards a
degree, certificates and continuing
education units (CEUs) are pre
sented upon completion.
The program is sponsored by the
College of Liberal Arts and Texas
A&M in cooperation with the Con
tinuing Education Office.
Texas A&M University currently
has about one-quarter of the world’s
supply of PBO, a high temperature
resistant polymer (plastics are a
member of this family) that is
superior to titanium and which
could start a revolution for new
materials for aircraft and missiles.
This amount, however, is about a
gram which was synthesized by
polymer scientists at the Air Force
Materials Laboratory on Wright-
Patterson AFB.
Since about 1960 Air Force scien
tists have been synthesizing polym
ers that are extremely resistant to
high temperatures on a very small
laboratory scale. Their idea is to
provide lightweight and strong
materials to be used like metals.
“Our task, here at A&M, is to de
velop solvents which will dissolve
these polymers and allow them to
be cast into useful shapes, much as
one would with metals,” explained
project head Dr. David C. Bonner,
a chemical engineer.
“Currently, we are working with
a variety of polymers and exotic sol
vents,” he said. “If we can solve a
few more problems we will have the
beginnings of a revolution of new
materials. The development of
these materials which could
supplant many of these hard to get
metals would relieve U.S. depen
dency on foreign sources.
“This PBO is probably the best
polymer they’ve (the Air Force)
synthesized so far because it would
be competitve with titanium in
strength and heat withstanding
capabilities,” Bonner said. “Our
mandate though is to help the Air
Force decide which materials they
should spend their money develop
ing-
“We can dissolve the PBO and we
can process it but we re still not cer
tain that the hazards are justified at
this point, ” he said. “Because of the
tough nature of the materials, very
corrosive solvents like acids are
often needed.
“What you get is a polymer with
strength and temperature charac
teristics better than steel whose
chemical resistance is even better
yet,” Bonner continued. “In addi
tion to that they are practically im
mortal.
“Right now, it looks like applica
tion will be limited to uses which
cost is not a prime consideration
such as in defense projects,” he
said. “For instance, coating an elec
tronic component with the polymer
would make it impervious to sur
rounding conditions. Use wouldn’t
be wide scale because of the very
complicated procedures needed to
make the material.
“One use for the polymer would
be in the production of fiber rein
forced laminates such as those used
in the tail and fuselage of the Boeing
747,” Bonner said. “Currently, they
use graphite fibers encased in epoxy
resin which is strong but very sus
ceptible to attack by water, even the
water normally present in the air.
“As a result, they have to be re
placed often for safety,” he con
tinued. “If the type of polymers we
work with could be substituted for
epoxy, one could envision a lami
nate that would be good for the life
of the aircraft. There would be
structural support and aircraft struts
that would last forever almost.
“Right now we are just finishing
our second year of research and are
looking at an array of 15 polymers
which took a couple of man years
each just to make,” Bonner ob
served. “Any of these, successfully
developed, on a cost/pound basis
could be the beginning of that re
volution. ”
Barnes sues paper in $20 million suit
Associated Press
BROWNWOOD — Attorneys
have filed a libel suit on behalf of
former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes
against the Dallas Morning News in
connection with a series of stories
published earlier this week dealing
with Barnes’ financial activities.
Barnes alleges the stories have
subjected him to “unwarranted
abuse as a private citizen” and seeks
$20 million in damages.
The suit was filed by attorneys
Dave Nabers and George Day be
fore 35th District Court Judge
William O. Breedlove in Brown-
wood.
Pieta on loan to Meadows Museum
DALLAS (AP) — Southern
Methodist University’s Meadows
Museum has borrowed a 16th-
century painting of the Pieta done by
Spanish artist Juan de Juanes.
The 60-by-40 inch painting is on
extended loan from the Dallas
Museum of Fine Arts.
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of. Raymond Chambers, of
Iney University, 1976 American
lounting Association Distin-
International Lecturer, is
this week for his only Texas
jn mi learance on a 10-campus Ameri-
tour for the accounting associa-
ihal
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slii ' e
Chambers will lecture at 2 p.m.
tomorrow in Rudder Tower 301.
He is a former editor of Abacus
and has held visiting professor
status on numerous American,
Japanese, Canadian, Australian and
New Zealander campuses.
Texas A&M’s Accounting De
partment is Chambers’ host.
His lecture on Wednesday is enti
tled, “Asset Valuation and Financial
Realism” and will feature a response
by Marvin Ballard, Controller,
Shell Oil Company.
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